By junior year, the college coaches already know his numbers. Most parents still don't.
Every college program that recruited one of our 37 commits looked at the same few things first: how hard the ball comes off his bat, how hard he throws, how fast he moves. Not batting average. Not the trophy from a 12U tournament.
Most travel programs still run on a coach's eye and a game schedule. Your son plays 60 games a summer and nobody can tell you, in a number, whether he got better. If you have paid for a season like that and could not say what changed, that is not on you. The program never measured anything.
There is a simpler way to know. Measure, fix the one thing the numbers point to, measure again.
The old way
- More games, more tournaments, more weekends
- "He looks good" from a coach
- Find out where he stands when the offers do or do not come
- Pay the same whether he improves or not
The Redbirds way
- Every swing and every pitch measured on radar, every week
- A report you can read, in plain words, every Monday
- One thing to fix at a time, with a number to beat
- College coaches see the same numbers we do
He swings. The radar measures. A coach reads it to you.
Trackman is the radar system Major League and college programs use to measure every ball in flight. We use the same unit at every workout. At the clinic, your son gets his own numbers for the first time.
Warm-up and screen
Ten minutes of movement checks: how deep he squats, how far he jumps. These predict speed and power.
Live hitting on radar
How hard the ball leaves the bat, how fast the bat moves, the angle it leaves at. Every swing recorded.
A coach reads it with you
What is good for his age, what is holding him back, and the one thing to work on first.
His report, that night
Texted to you. Keep it, share it with his high school coach, bring it back in three months.
Illustration of the report format. Numbers are examples.
37 players, 29 colleges, all since 2020.
Every name below played for this program and signed with that school. Ask any of their parents.
- Kevin TakeuchiUSC
- Zane NordquistUC Irvine
- Grayson BonannoUC Davis
- Jake JohnsonUCSB
- Raphael DunneUCSD
- Richie MooreCal Poly SLO
- Trey KotsayPrinceton
- Peyton RodgersSDSU
- Noah LibedSDSU
- Josh QuezadaSDSU
- AJ KlubekSDSU
- Joey MonettiSDSU
- Jake RobbinsUSD
- Christian GarciaUSD
- Cameron BurdickCSU Fullerton
- Owen SmythCincinnati
- Trent AbelCSUN
- AJ GuilianaSan Francisco
- Carter TuckerCal Baptist
- Ethan StelzerCSU Monterey Bay
- Jonathan MusgroveIndianapolis
- Jackson NoonanIndianapolis
- Jackson BellUtah Tech
- Jude AtleySan Francisco State
- Trevor TseColorado Mesa
- Eli DellabittaPitzer
- Kameron LohseRhodes
- and 10 moresee the full list
Named by parents, not by us.
"SoCal Redbirds and 5 Star West BBC are recommended teams."
A parent's answer when another parent asked the San Diego Travel Baseball Forum for a 17U team, 2026. Public post."Huge congrats to Tyson Connelly on his commitment to play D1 baseball at UC Irvine."
SoCal Redbirds, Instagram. One of 37.[Parent testimonial slot. Collected with permission before launch. The program has no Google reviews yet; the first 25 are part of month one.]
Parent of a 2028, PowayThe people who will read his numbers to you.
Program director, 15 years. Bio and photo to come.
Named by parents in the San Diego Travel Baseball Forum. Bio and photo to come.
Named by parents in the San Diego Travel Baseball Forum. Bio and photo to come.
Who the clinic is for, and who it is not for.
Come if
- He is in grades 8 to 11 and plays high school or travel ball
- You want a straight answer about where he stands, not a sales pitch
- You can get to Dana Point on a Saturday morning
- He has been to clinics before and nothing changed. This one ends with a number and one thing to fix.
Skip it if
- He is under 13. DB9 Redbirds (10U to 14U) has its own clinic; call us.
- You want a guarantee of a college offer. Nobody honest sells that.
- He is not interested in getting better. The numbers do not lie, and that can sting.
Straight answers.
Why is it free?
Because the clinic is how we meet players. Some will join winter training or the 2027 summer teams. Most will take the report and go. Both are fine.
Is this a tryout?
No. Nobody is cut. If he wants to try out for a team later, the tryout dates are separate and we will tell you.
What if he is not an elite player?
Then the numbers will say so, kindly, with one thing to work on. The players who improve the most are usually the ones who were told the truth at 14.
What does the program cost after this?
[Fee line goes here once confirmed.] It is on the site and we say it before you ask.
Where exactly, and what does he bring?
Dana Point. The field address comes by text once he is on the list. Bring a bat, a helmet and cleats. Water is on us.